The great bridge conspiracy
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312344961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Great Bridge Conspiracy chronicles the espionage and card playing exploits of Captain Diggery Piper -- a flamboyant expert first created by Terry Quinn for a serial in Games Magazine. Just as Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and Nabokov's The Defense are structured in accordance with the rules and logic of chess, so Quinn has patterned the action of this swift-paced, suspenseful tale on the psychological intricacies of bridge, craftily building a house of cards that tumbles into a surprise ending.
A Fun, Interesting Read for Anyone who Plays Bridge Christopher Gregg _The Great Bridge Conspiracy_ is a compact, humorous novel centering, unexpectedly, around the card game of bridge. It is the story of a bridge fanatic, Terry Kane, who unwittingly stumbles into the midst of an international undercover Interpol sting and decides that in order to calm his anxiety he must write about it. Most of the book is Kane's first-person diary account of the circumstances surrounding his involvement with the actual Interpol employees, who are carefully winding their way through the preliminary matches of the Grand National Team Knockout tournament in order to reach the final and flush out their prey. In order